Seaming-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. F. A. WALSH.

SEAMING MACHINE;

No. 271,668. Patented Feb. 6.1883.

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I. A. WALSH. SEAMING MACHINE.

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Witnesses UNITED STATES F TENT' @FFICE.

FRANCIS A. \VALSH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEAMlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 271,668, dated February 6, 1883, Application filed August 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS A. WALSH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Seaming-lllachines; and I hereby declare thefollowing to beafull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents an end view of the head 0 and its attached formers f and g at their. starting-point, and the chuck K, can,and cover are shown in section and part broken away. Fig. 2 represents the head and formers fand g in position at the end of their travel, ready to return, and the can, with its cover, formed into a partly-finished double seam. Fig. 3 represents the head a halfway back on its return and the double seam completed against the side of the wheel f, the can raised from the position shown in the two preceding tigures, so as to press the seam against the roller Fig. at is a side view of the head 0, its shaft and bracket, pinion it, end view of rack Z, and bracket m to hold the rack on its pinion. Fig. 5 is an end view otshaft d and pinion 7;. Fig. 6 is a plan view of parts of D and E, and of all the preceding parts already shown, also the driving pulley and shaft provided with a worm,p, carrying a reciprocating nut, 0, attached to the lever 02. Fig. 7 is a side view of the outer end of the lever a, with its nut 0. Fig. 6 is a central sectional elevation of a sheetmetal can and its cover as constructed before being worked in my machine. Fig. 9 is aside elevation of my seaming-machine. Fig. 10 is a front view of the same. Fig. 11 is a crosssection of the post A and plan of the bracket B.

Like letters of reference indicate like-parts.

The object of my invention is to construct a machine which will make a double seam without first flanging the can or stampingthe cover with a countersunk end,channel, and burr, and to that end I construct my machine as follows:

In the drawings, a, represents a sheet-metal can; 1), its cover, formed or stamped, as shown, with a flange, 0, which may be inclined at an angle more or less acute to the body of the can, as shown, or at right angles to it.

cl is a crooked shaft, with a head, 0, made solid with it. The shaft is crooked, so as to be out of the way as much as possible. The under or inner faces of the head 6 are inclined to each other, (here shown to be at an angle of one hundred and thirty-five degrees,) and to these faces are attached wheels or formers f and g. The shaft (1 is carried in a bracket, It, which is attached to an adjustable piece, E, forming a part of the table D, attached to the standard A. The piece E is dovetailed to the tahlel) and moved by a screw ina well-known manner.

To the outer end of the shaft d is attached a feather, i, and over it plays a pinion, is, out of which is cut a chamber, j, in which the feather 2' plays. Upon the pinion 7c works an adjustable rack, Z, which is hold in place over the pinion by a hook-shaped bracket, m, attached to the bracket h. The outer end ofthe rack is attached to a bell-cran k lever, 01, fastened to the table D, and the rack Z is provided with a slot, in which plays a stud on the lever 12, as shown, and by means of which it maybe adjusted. The inner or long end of the lever it passes under the shaft, carrying a spiral screw provided with right and left hand grooves, in which grooves plays a nut, 0, attached to the end of the lever n. Said spiral is of a wellknown construction, but here so constructed with its not that it will not work the not until started by the rod or pusher q, when the not will run to the other end of the spiral and return and come to rest. The pusher or starter qis attached to a lever, r, fulcrumed at its center, and to its other endis attached a spring, 8, and a rod, t. Said rod-t is conically pointed, and its point rests in and is held by the spring 3 in a corresponding socket on the end of the shaft a. Said shaft a is provided with a feather, c, which plays freely longitudinally through the horizontal bevel-gear, and

to its lower end is attached a chuck, K.

Below the chuck K is a disk, K, parallel with it and playing freely on a spindle, F. To said spindle is also fixed a rack, Gr, into which plays a pinion, H, and to-its shaft is attached a lover, I. The disk K and part sjust described are carried on the adjustable bracket B, which, with the part 0, attached to the standard A, is dovetailed, and so constructed that abolt, B,

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f now turns down the flange against the body will press together the two side pieces of the bracket and bind it and hold itin place on the part 0.

The operation of this machine is as follows, to wit: The bracket B and plate K are first adjusted to the proper height, and upon the plate K is placed a can with its cover formed as shown in Fig. 8. The lever I is then depressed, which raises the plate K and diives the end of the can Z) into the chuck K, which is in motion. Said chuck K fits snugly into the cover I), and by its friction causes the can and cover and plate K to revolve on the spindle F. If, now, the lever I is depressed still further, it will push the top of the can into the space between the forinersfan d g. The former of the can, and at the same time the rod t, lever r, and starter q move, and thus start the not 0 on the worm p, which then moves the lever n and its attached rack l, which now works the pinion 7;, until one end of the slotj strikes the feather i, and this then causes the shaft (1, with its head 6, to revolve gradually from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 2. hen the head 0 is in the position shown in Fig. 2 the lever I is again further depressed, so as to cause the can to rise out of the space between theformersfand g, during which time the not 0 has run to the end of the worm and is returning back, thus causing a reverse motionoi the rack l and pinion it, but Without producing any motion 111 the shaft (1 until the other end of the slot j strikes the feather i, and then gradually brings the head 6 bat-k to its starting-point. During the reverse motion of the head a, while the can is in the position last described, the wheelf depresses the partlyformed seam against the can and linishesit, particularly while the wheel fis in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the motion of the head 0, which brings it back to its starting-point and at rest. During the last part of this motion the lever l is raised, thus dropping the support K oi the can. and the wheel f, pressing on top of the finished seam, presses the can from thcchuck,anditdropsontofthemachine. The outer edge of the wheel f is so placed that it just revolves in a minute are around the axis of the shaft (Z. just allowing for the thickness of the metal. In so forming a double seam the wheelfsupports the parts, while the flangec is turned down, and then in turn the wheel g supports while the wheel f turns down the double seam,and finally h'nishesit, asdescribed.

\Vhen cans of different sizes are to be made the ad ustable slide E is moved in or out to i its proper place, so that the'wheel 9 will come in contact with the can, as shown, and the rack l is released from and newly adjusted to the lever n. It will be observed that the axis of the shaft (1 is in a plane at right angles to a plane through the axis of the can, and the wheelsf and 9 work in the plane of the latter and normal to the can, which is their best p0- eition.

It may also be seen that the head 0 may be carried in a bracket concaved so as to receive it and allow it to play, and thus dispense with its shaft, and the headc maybe moved by hand so as to do the same work.

The worm p is preferably attached to the driving-shaft; but it might with about equal facility be attached to the shaft 11, and while the worm mechanism is preferred, other and wellknown contrivances to work the luad 0 may be substituted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a seatninganachine, the head a, carrying formersfand g, said head operating in a plane through the axisof the can, formed and constructed to operate substantially as speci lied.

2. In aseambig-machine,theadjustahlc head 0, carrying formers f and g, shaft (1, pinion k, rack l, lever a, nut- 0, worm 1). starter q, shaft 24, provided with feather 'u, and adj ustable, plates K K, substantially as specified.

3. The post A and dovetailed and adjustable bracket 13, provided with spindle 1 and rack G, pinion l1, and bolt B, substantially as specified.

4. In aseamingmachine, the adjustable shaft to, chuck K, spindle F, plate K, head 6, carrying formers/"and worm p,and mechanism whereby said head is operated, substantially as specified.

5. In a seaming-machine, the adjustable head 0. carrying formersf and g, shaft (I, pinion k, rat-k I, and mechanism attached to one of the driving-shafts, whereby a rocking motion is given to the head 0, substantially as specified, 4

6. In a seaming-machine, the spindle F, operated by rack and pinion, plates K K, shaft it, provided with feather 1), rod t, lever 1', starter q, and mechanism. substantially as described, whereby a rocking motion is given to the headc, substantially as specified.

FRANCIS A. WALSH.

itnesses W M. ZDIMERMAN, J OHN EGAN. 

